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Pistorius to be sentenced for murder of girlfriend in June

  • Athletics News

South Africa's six-time Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius will face sentencing for murder in June, it has been announced.

fundamentally flawed" judgement.Oscar Pistorius' murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has divided South Africa


African and Oceanian wrestlers target 36 Rio 2016 berths on offer at continental qualifier in Algiers

  • Wrestling

Wrestlers from Africa and Oceania will be seeking to claim 36 Rio 2016 Olympic berths on offer when

Algeria’s Tarek Aziz Benaissa and Nigeria’s Odunayo Adekuoroye were the only two wrestlers from Africa

to lend her support to a 10-strong Nigerian team.Their best chance of success is likely to be All-Africa

Aminat Adeniyi, who will be competing in the 63kg division.She will face competition from Tunisia’s All-Africa


Colombia secure final Rio 2016 men's football spot at US's expense

  • Football

Colombia claimed the final men’s football place at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after beating the United States 2-1 at the Toyota Stadium Dallas to secure a 3-2 aggregate victory in the intercontinental play-off.

Argentina, Colombia, Denmark, Fiji, Germany, Honduras, Iraq, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Portugal, South Africa


Egyptian Football Association disbanded by National Supreme Administrative Court

  • Football

The National Supreme Administrative Court has disbanded the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) following allegations of corruption in the organisation’s election in 2012, it has been announced.

interference ©Getty ImagesThe news comes as Egypt prepare to play a crucial qualifier for the 2017 Africa

Tanzania in the group with Egypt and Nigeria and only the top team will book their place at next year’s Africa


ITF reveal shortlist for first Fed Cup Heart Awards of 2016

  • Tennis

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has revealed a shortlist of ten female players who are in the frame for the first four Fed Cup Heart Awards of 2016.

Belarus.Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine and Alison van Uytvanck of Belarus are in the frame for the Europe/Africa


South Africa end with victory over Sri Lanka at ICC World Twenty20

  • Non-Olympic Sports

South Africa ended a disappointing International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 campaign on a

In a low-key contest between two teams who had already been eliminated from the tournament, South Africa

chipped in with 31.Victory was sealed in style by AB De Villiers as he smashed a huge six as South Africa

Australia, will face the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday (March 31).South Africa



Day caps wonderful week by clinching WGC-Dell Match Play Championship

  • Golf

New world number one Jason Day secured his second WGC-Dell Match Play Championship title in three years as he overcame South African Louis Oosthuizen in the final at the Austin Country Club.

shock 3&2 triumph over McIlroy in the third-place play-off.Jason Day beat Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa


Buttler's brutal knock blasts England to ICC Twenty20 semi-finals with win over Sri Lanka

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Jos Buttler’s magnificent knock of 66 from just 37 balls helped propel England to the semi-finals of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 as they beat Sri Lanka by 10 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi.

Zealand to progress to the last four.The Black Caps were in ruthless form in their clash with South Africa


Wickenheiser seeking eighth world title as rising tide of women’s ice hockey reaches Kamloops

  • The Big Read

Two years ago Kamloops, in Canada, staged the Four Nations Cup, which served as a warm-up event for the Ice Hockey Women’s World Championships it is about to host. After the home country had earned a 3-2 shoot-out win over the United States, such was the level of general enthusiasm that young female fans were still outside the arena playing street hockey at midnight.

rise in almost every part of the world and there are teams in North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa


US have edge over Colombia for second leg of Rio 2016 men's football qualifier

  • Football

Luis Gil’s away goal has given the United States a narrow advantage over Colombia going into the second leg of their Rio 2016 Olympic men’s football qualifier after a 1-1 draw at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla.

Algeria, Argentina, Denmark, Fiji, Germany, Honduras, Iraq, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Portugal, South Africa



Australia eliminate Pakistan as West Indies beat South Africa to reach ICC World Twenty20 semi-finals

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Australia produced a superb performance with bat and ball to eliminate Pakistan from the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 as they claimed a 21-run victory at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali.

and give them a run for their money.”Marlon Samuels top scored for West Indies as he side beat South Africa

match to take place today, the West Indies sealed their place in the semi-finals by beating South Africa

competition resumes as Australia clash with Ireland in New Delhi before New Zealand take on South Africa


United States cruise to fifth win in a row at women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament

  • Water Polo

Olympic and world champions the United States ensured they topped Group A with a 100 per cent record at the women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament with their fifth consecutive victory at Groenhovenbad in Gouda today.

medallists at London 2012 before clinching the world title in Kazan last year, annihilated winless South Africa

place behind the US by overcoming Japan, who were eliminated from the tournament along with South Africa